Brush



S. RUBIN May 19, 1942.

BRUSH Filed April 1'7. 1939 INVENTOR L R u B 1 N Man/ ATTORNEY BY SAMUE Patented May 19, 1942 .UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE BRUSH Samuel Rubin, New York, N. Y. Application April 17, 1939, Serial No. 268,243

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in brushes used for powders of various types.

Broadly, it is an object of this invention to provide a brush with a hollow handle which will act as a container for powders or liquids so that the material in the handle can be fed to the hairs or bristles opposite the handle container for application wherever desired.

Another object of my invention is to provide a brush with a hollow handle that can act as a container for powders and the like and which can receive a refill container so that the material, such as powder, can easily and readily be placed within the hollow handle for ready application to the hairs or bristles.

Another object of my invention is to provide a handle container brush that can be easily and readily attached to the cap containing the hairs or bristles and which will be simple, practical, durable and economical to manufacture.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hollow handled brush that will contain a sufficient supply of powder for dusting or other purposes and which has aflat base so that the brush can be placed in upright position with the hairs or bristles in an upward direction.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hollow handled brush of a transparent or translucent material so that the contents within the handle can .be readily seen in order to determine when such handle container needs refillmg.

My invention, accordingly, comprises features of construction, a combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the constructions hereinafter set forth, and the scopeof the application of which will be indicated in the claim.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of my invention, reference is had to the following detailed description in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my brush showing part of the cap and handle broken away to reveal the construction.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a modified construction of my brush, showing a tongue and groove means for holding the cap to the handle.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of another modified construction of my brush, showing a knub and circular channel arrangement for holding the cap to the handle. parts being broken away to show the construction.

Fig. 4 is a top view of the cap taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing the holes for receiving the hairs or bristles and the holes through which the material passes from the handle.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the refill container which fits within the hollow handle shown in Fig. l, the upper part of the refill container being broken away.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section taken through line 66 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 shows the .upper part of the handle shown in Fig. 2 enlarged and showing the grooves for receiving the tongues of the cap.

Fig. 8 is a separated view of another modified construction of my brush, showing part of the handle.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing, numeral I0 represents the sides of the hollow handle brush which has a fiat bottom II and a shoulder l2. The top portion of the hollow handle has a screw thread I3. A cap [4 has a hollow portion 22 with a screw thread l5 which is made to fit and co-act with the screw thread l3 of the top of the container. Within the top of cap M, a series of concentric holes l6 are bored sufiiciently deep so that hairs or bristles H can be fixed within holes [6 in permanent concentric position. Hairs or bristles I! can be of any type of material, such as goats hair, animal bristles of all types, swans down; or other material. Holes 26 running running through the cap I4 are in the center to allow the material in the handle to be fed into a central chamber formed by the bristles ll.

The handle and cap I4 may be made of transparent material, such as transparent plastics, or any other suitable material. Furthermore, in the event a change is desired, it is within the realm of my invention to make the cap M of one type of material and the handle [0 of another type of material. If the handle is made of transparent or translucent material, such as transparent plastic, it is readily seen that powder l8 placed within the hollow handle can be readily seen without separating the handle from the cap, so that at all times the user will know the amount of powder or other materialwithin the hollow handle or container.

In order to make it easier for the user when using my hollow handle brush for powders, I have provided a refill container or capsule 19 as shown in Fig. 5 which fits snugly within the hollow handle shown in Fig. 1. In order to keep the powder within container l9, a cork 20 is provided for such refill container and such cork is removed upon placing the refill container within the hollow handle of the brush. As shown in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive and Figure 6, the height of the chamber in the hollow handle is the same as the height of the capsule, and that the capsule has an integral base. The capsule is thus of a size sufficient to cover the entire surface of the chamber walls including the base portion thereof in contacting or sealing relation. Thus, there is no possibility of the powder escaping from the ampule or from the bristles and coming into contact with the walls of said chamber.

In Figs. 2, 6 and '7, I have shown a modified arrangement for putting together the cap 25 and the handle 2|. Handle 2| has a tongue 23 adapted to fit within groove 24. Tongue 23 depends from the bottom of cap 25 which has holes running through the center thereof as shown by holes 26 of Fig. 4. Cap 25 also has holes for the upper surface similar to holes l6 as shown in Fig. 4 for fixing bristles 27. Both the cap 25 and the handle 2| may be made of opaque or transparent plastic material or other suitable material. Tongues 23 fit within grooves 24 snugly and there is sufiicient friction between the tongues and the grooves so that the cap can only be separated from the handle by pulling the cap and handle apart. Refill container as shown in Fig. 5 can also be used within the handle 2| of Fig. 2.

Another modification is shown in Fig. 3. The hollow handle 33 contains knubs or ridges 34 which fit within a channel 35 in the bottom of cap 36. In order to assemble cap 36 with hollow handle 33, sufficient force is used to force the knubs 34 within channel 35 of cap 36. The cap and handle as shown in Fig. 3 is made of plastic material or metal with sufficient resiliency to allow knubs 34 to be snapped into position within the channel 35 so that both the cap and the handle will be held firmly together. Cap 36 also has holes in the center thereof to allow the contents within the hollow handle 33 to pass to the bristles. Cap 36 has holes in the top for fixing the bristles within the cap. Fig. 8 shows another method of fixing the cap to a hollow handle. Hollow handle 31 has a shoulder 38 and a portion 39 of a lesser diameter than the main portion of the handle 31. The cap 40 has a depending flange 4| adapted to fit over the portion 39. Depending flange 4| has channels or slits 62 to allow greater flexibility to the flange 4|. Cap 40 has similar holes for fixing the bristles and for permitting the contents within the hollow handle to be fed to the bristles as required. In order to assemble cap 40 with hollow handle 31, both the cap and the handle are forced together until the bottom of flange 4| meets shoulder 38. It will be found that there is suflicient frictional adhesion between the outer periphery of portion 39 and the inside of flange 4 I.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of the invention as set forth in the claim appended hereto.

I claim:

In a fountain brush comprising a hollow onepiece transparent handle made of plastic material, said handle being of cylindrical form and having open and closed ends, said closed end being flat and forming a base, said open end haviii an annular shoulder terminating in a screw thread adjacent said open end, a one-piece cap made of plastic material and having a circular depression adapted to receive said shoulder, a screw thread within the walls of said depression to co-act with said screw thread on said handle, for connecting said handle and said cap and forming a storage chamber therebetween, a refill powder capsule within said storage chamber, said capsule having an integral base and being of a size suflicient to cover the entire surface of said storage chamber walls including the base portion thereof in tightly fitting relation, said plastic shoulder being adapted to forcibly engage said depressed portion of said plastic cap in tight sealing relation for preventing leakage from said storage chamber, a plurality of concentric openings in the top of said cap and extending part way into said cap to respectively receive tufts of hair, and through holes at the central portion of said cap and communicating with said storage chamber, said through centrally positioned holes being clear of said bristles, whereby the contents within said storage chamber can freely enter a clear chamber formed by said concentrically disposed bristles and be dispensed while the remainder content remains visible through said handle said fountain brush being designed to contain powder solely within said tightly fitting refill capsule and. thereby maintain said storage chamber out of contact with said powder and in clean operative condition.

SAMUEL RUBIN. 

